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Article: An exploratory study of healthcare strategic planning in two metropolitan areas.
- Article from:
- Journal of Healthcare Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Little is known about empirical variation in the extent to which healthcare organizations conduct formal strategic planning or the extent to which strategic planning affects performance. Structural contingency and complexity science theory offer differing interpretations of the value of strategic planning. Structural contingency theory emphasizes adaptation to achieve organizational fit with a changing environment and views strategic planning as a way to chart the organization's path. Complexity science argues that planning is largely futile in changing environments.
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